One of the uses of Twitter, I’ve found, is for complaining when there’s no one around at the moment to hear your complaints. So you broadcast them on Twitter. And one common activity that results in the “bored and angry” mental state necessary for such tweets is being on hold on the telephone. Here are a few recent tweets in this genre from people I follow.

“I wonder if being used as hold music for a large corporation is good or bad for an artist’s career? I’m pretty fed up with this song.” (link)